i love to cook food...shoot food. i love to play with food and i love to eat food...soooo, here are my comments, thoughts, recipes and pics of foods i come across. it might be on my plate, your plate, someone elses plate or my dream plate...

the sauce is easy and can be made ahead of time. the tofu...fresh is best if you can find it. the noodles. however, are a bit different and unusual. they are Konjac noodles made from yam flour. this is a great dish for the non wheat people and those watching the ol' waistline. a huge serving is under 200 calories and you'll still have room for dessert. personally, i like it because i eat so many pork products and fatty weird stuff along with my addiction to the Mexican bakery... i have to throw in a healthy light dish every now and then.

the noodles are quite good, but like tofu...pretty flavorless on their own. they need a good sauce. i find this coconut curry does just the trick.

fresh tofu (photo above)...way better than packaged....still warm, soft and fragrant like a fresh loaf of bread. even my mother, a non-tofu lover, said she really liked it....well, maybe that's a stretch. it only costs about $1.99, probably twice the size and tastes much better that regular packaged tofu.

i get mine at 99 Ranch Market in Irvine, CA. if you've never been and you're in Orange County/So. California i highly recommend finding one. great resource for all Asian goods.

Konjac noodles...aka YAM noodles

a little slippery, very long, no distinct flavor...but a great filler, no wheat, almost no calories, no carbs , fun to eat and a great vehicle for many different sauces. Konjac noodles come in angel hair and fettuccine cuts as well as blocks and cute little knotted bundles. check out the nutritional info below...amazingly low on everything.

THAI COCONUT CURRY SAUCE

makes about 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 cups sauce

1/2 medium onion, diced small

1 full Tbsp fresh ginger or, fine dice

1 large clove garlic, fine dice

2 tsp olive oil

1 tsp sesame oil

2 tsp madras curry powder (yellow kind)

1/2 tsp red pepper flakes (more can be added later)

3/4 - 1 cup chicken broth, if canned use low sodium

1 cup coconut milk...i use "lite" coconut milk

1 Tbsp soy sauce

juice from 1 wedge lemon

3" piece of lemon grass...

(smashed then tied together with a string so that it won't come apart and get stringy in the sauce.)

noodles must be washed/rinsed well, drained then pat dry as much as possible.

tofu should be drained and slightly pressed to release some of the moisture...then it can be lightly sauteed first in separate pan or just simmered in the sauce.

this is a great sauce to toss with any noodles -YAM NOODLES (shown in photos), shirataki (tofu noodles), udon or even angel hair.

simmer some tofu, fish or chicken in sauce. if using fish or chicken simmer until cooked through. then mix with noodles. i have never cooked the chicken in the sauce...i use already cooked roasted chicken from Costco.

OR just toss with steamed vegetables.

next time i think i'll simmer some talapia in the sauce...oh how i wish i had a sous vide.

NOTE...the sauce freezes well. it just needs a good stir as it heats through. it will thicken and reduce with stronger flavors. freeze just the sauce...not the noodles or tofu in the sauce....the noodles get funny after freezing.

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About Me

ahhh...welcome to my little world of flavors. you'll see that my food obsessions vary from one extreme to the other. from nice safe little shortbreads and blondies to spicy chicken feet and BBQ pigs tails. I hope you enjoy the spectrum of goodies and follow Ruby and i on our our culinary trip to who knows where...my thought is...if it looks good, it'll taste even better AND IF IT LOOKS UGLY, I HAVE TO TRY IT !!!

lil' Ruby

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Ruby is responsible for all posts while i am busy in the kitchen and behind the camera. As we all know, one with four legs has no opposable thumbs. She leans towards the hunt and peck method. So please we ask that you excuse any unintentional grammatical errors.